Massage device



Filed July 2,l 1925 ENToR @Q /M ATTORNEY Patented oct.Y 1926.

UNiE sfr BEATRICE MARIE, or NEWv Yong', n.

winnsenen DEVICE.

Application filed July 2, 1925. Serial `No. 41,007.

This invent-ion relates to imp massage devices, and more pa rovements'in rticularly `to' facial massage instruments ofthe hand-opV eratedpercussion type.

`One of the ob'ects of my improvement is to provide an instrument sodesigned that itcan be made inexpensively of a single piece of mouldedsoft rubber with a flexiblemetal re-.enforcement embedded therein.

Another object of the inventi vide an instrument that can be on is toprolconveniently and comfortably handled, and'easily manip! ulated.

A further Objectis to provide an instrument that is highly flexible inthe direction of its percussive action so thatvbeating or l patting oftlie surfaces to be treated may be obtained with minimum elfort.

These and other objects are attained by means'of the construction shownand de` scribed herein, it being understo od that modiiications in thedetails thereof may be made without departing from the sco vention.

pe of the in# In the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferredembodiment of the invention.:

Figure l is a plan view of the instrument; Figa 2 is a vertical sectionthroughthe inedian line of the instrument in right angle to Fig. l`;and,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Referring'now to thedrawings, 1 indicates the improved instrument which single piece of softvulcanized rubber or Y other suitable material so moulded or formed asto provide ajdisk-shaped percussion'poition Q/'at the upper end and a taportion 8 vat the lower end. y

a plane at a taken' on the is made of a pered handle A thinflexible-metal strip 4 is embedded inA the rubber yand extendssubstantially throughout the length' lof the instrument.

o The metal strip is entirely concealed and is protected againstcorrosion by the rubberA covering. rIhe strip 4: is disposed with itsfaces substantially parallel to the faces of the desire to secure byLet-l v tegral continuous body of soft rubber having a disk` shapedpercussion portion at oneend thereof and having the remainder of thebody shaped to form a handle, and a reinforcing strip of resilient metaland ofv subistantially uniform' thickness throughout embedded in thebody and centrally ofkthe thickness ofthe body and having its side facesdisposed parallel to the side faces of the body, the strip extendingsubstantially throughout the length of the body and diametrically acrossthe disk shaped percussion portion,tlie opposed side faces of the handle`tapering downwardly and outwardly to provide an enlarged hand grip.

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